joshuatxuk Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 TMT annoucement It’s like a uniquely delicious banana that you just ate continuously reappearing on your kitchen counter, and thinking that you’d eventually grow tired of its wonderful taste, each chewing session is equally enjoyable and somehow subtly different from the last! Axel Willner a.k.a. The Field certainly has a knack for avoiding staleness while maintaining his distinct sound within the confines of ambient techno, and it’s kind of a weird phenomenon, because each of the previous four albums in his discography sound so superficially similar that it’s a wonder that Willner himself hasn’t had a lapse in sanity and sued himself for copyright infringement. A desire to sound recognizably like The Field continues with his upcoming The Follower, but those with an extremely particular preference for danceable music that stops short of making you sweat might be overwhelmed. This new one is supposedly “ambient techno on steroids” and The Field’s “most floor-attuned work yet.” The Follower comes out April 1 on Kompakt, and on a thematic level, Willner said it’s about “old myths, finding utopia and how mankind repeatedly makes the same mistake over and over.” And ovre. And ovre. and ovre. And ovre. And ovre. He clearly chose the right musical style to address this, by the way. The Follower tracklisting: 01. The Follower02. Pink Sun03. Monte Veritá04. Soft Streams05. Raise The Dead06. Reflecting Lights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooliofranco Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 TMT annoucement It’s like a uniquely delicious banana that you just ate continuously reappearing on your kitchen counter, and thinking that you’d eventually grow tired of its wonderful taste, each chewing session is equally enjoyable and somehow subtly different from the last! Axel Willner a.k.a. The Field certainly has a knack for avoiding staleness while maintaining his distinct sound within the confines of ambient techno, and it’s kind of a weird phenomenon, because each of the previous four albums in his discography sound so superficially similar that it’s a wonder that Willner himself hasn’t had a lapse in sanity and sued himself for copyright infringement. A desire to sound recognizably like The Field continues with his upcoming The Follower, but those with an extremely particular preference for danceable music that stops short of making you sweat might be overwhelmed. This new one is supposedly “ambient techno on steroids” and The Field’s “most floor-attuned work yet.” The Follower comes out April 1 on Kompakt, and on a thematic level, Willner said it’s about “old myths, finding utopia and how mankind repeatedly makes the same mistake over and over.” And ovre. And ovre. and ovre. And ovre. And ovre. He clearly chose the right musical style to address this, by the way. The Follower tracklisting: 01. The Follower 02. Pink Sun 03. Monte Veritá 04. Soft Streams 05. Raise The Dead 06. Reflecting Lights psyched for this. everything from him is at least v good. the little heart beats so fast is still an all-timer for me. [youtubehd]a0BPebqQ-Hs[/youtubehd] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted February 8, 2016 Author Share Posted February 8, 2016 You know albums that are growers, well to me The Field's entire discography has been that way. I was a huge fan of his first album and singles before that, it was quite prophetic in terms of simple but clever sample flipping as a technique imo, but I grew disinterested in his follow up stuff. I did not warm up to the remainder of his work until years after the fact but when I did it clicked. Unparalleled work background music too, I binged on his stuff when drafting at work sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 absolutely psyched Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublename Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Great news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 last album wars nart gard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxd98 Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Saw him live in November during the Neon Lights festival in Singapore. Excellent live, though not very lively (sat down, did his set, and left). I got a picture with him, I'll post it when I figure out how to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickDastardly Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 last album wars nart gard Yeah, I really struggled with Cupid's Head too. It just didn't do anything for me compared to his previous output. However, I might give it another listen today and see what it's like after not having listened to it for ages. Sequenced and Its Up There are my fav tracks from his previous stuff. Always thought it would be cool to see The Field live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 last album wars nart gard agree 1000% it's the only one I don't listen to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 You know albums that are growers, well to me The Field's entire discography has been that way. I was a huge fan of his first album and singles before that, it was quite prophetic in terms of simple but clever sample flipping as a technique imo, but I grew disinterested in his follow up stuff. I did not warm up to the remainder of his work until years after the fact but when I did it clicked. Unparalleled work background music too, I binged on his stuff when drafting at work sometimes. what do you draft Saw him live in November during the Neon Lights festival in Singapore. Excellent live, though not very lively (sat down, did his set, and left). I got a picture with him, I'll post it when I figure out how to. thats weird... me and enter a new display name saw him many moons ago in montreal with a live drummer and bassist on the.... looping state of mind tour and it was super energetic. I think that was the live drummer tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted February 12, 2016 Author Share Posted February 12, 2016 You know albums that are growers, well to me The Field's entire discography has been that way. I was a huge fan of his first album and singles before that, it was quite prophetic in terms of simple but clever sample flipping as a technique imo, but I grew disinterested in his follow up stuff. I did not warm up to the remainder of his work until years after the fact but when I did it clicked. Unparalleled work background music too, I binged on his stuff when drafting at work sometimes. what do you draft land surveys, mostly new property lots it can be tedious and dull (foundation checks) to quite enjoyable (large boundary/topographic surveys) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 live version of new track https://soundcloud.com/garmonbozia-2/the-field-pink-sun-live-in-berlin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendly Stranger Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 also the title track "the follower". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 sounds like the field Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendly Stranger Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Hey dudes, this is now streaming if you haven't caught the news yet! http://pitchfork.com/news/64423-the-field-streams-new-album-the-follower/ It DOES sound like The Field! Loving it so far, reminds me more of his first two efforts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bechuga Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Kinda got bored with his stuff but this track seems interesting. Some of the tracks on his other albums could have been cut a little bit and been much better imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickDastardly Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Enjoying this much more than Cupid's head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublename Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 I'm a Cupid's Head apologist, but ya this is way better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playbynumbers Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 his worst album imo, by quite a bit ... definitely the first release of Willner's that I won't be buying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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